Capitalism & Communism - What's the Difference?

In this lesson, students are able to gain an understanding of the basic differences between capitalism and communism. This lesson can be used to pre-empt any topic where the terms are used such as the Cold War, inter-war years, Russian Revolution Vietnam War etc.
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The main key questions of the lesson are:**

• What is capitalism and communism?
• What are the features of capitalism and communism?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism and communism?
• What are the common public attitudes towards capitalism and communism?

You will be purchasing:

• 1 x A4 worksheet
• 1 x 21 slide Power Point

The Main Power Point Includes:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Progressive Learning Aims
• Slide 3/4: A choice of discussion questions for students as they enter the room
• Slide 5: The importance of learning about capitalism and communism.
• Slide 6: Starter Task - What do you know about capitalism or communism?
• Slide 7: Printable fact sheet
• Slide 8-9: Background information about capitalism and its strengths and weaknesses
• Slide 10-11: Background information about communism and its strengths and weaknesses
• Slide 12-15: Activity 1 - Problem solving scenarios and answers
• Slide 16: Instructions about the A4 worksheet - a sorting task to categorise communism and capitalism.
• Slide 17: Higher level challenge questions
• Slide 18: Learning Review 1
• Slide 19-21: Learning Review 2 - Key term match up with answers.

All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free at the time of publishing. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.